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PROCESS FOR PRODUCING I~PACT RESISTANT RESINS
1 This invention relates to a ~ovel process for
producing an excellent impact resistant gra~t polymer
which can be used in itself alone or in the form of a
mix~ure with a thermoplastic resin.
The method for obtaining an impact resistant
resin composition by introducing a rubber component into
hard and brittle thermoplastic resin such as polystyrene,
polymethyl methacrylate, styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer,
polyvinyl chloride or the like has been well known for
many years.
As the repxesentatives of such impact resistant
resin, there are known many ones such as ABS resin, high
impact polystyrene and so on.
The object of this invention consists in
obtaining a very excellent impact resistant resin by
emulsion polymerization process with an industrial
advan~age.
An impact resistant resin composition can be
obtained by polymerizing a monomer such as styrene,
acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate or the like in the
presence of a rubber latex produced by emulsion poly-
merization. It is widely recognized that, in such cases,
the particle diameter of rubber greatly governs the
impact resistance and processability of the final
product, and it is a well known fact that a larger
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resistance an~ processability.
Accordingly, as the rubber component used in
impact resistant resins such as ABS resin, those having
a larger particle diameter are preferred. However, the
dispersed rubber particles in latices produced by the
usual emulsion polymerization process have so small a
particle size as 0.04 ~ 0.15 ~, and the purpose cannot
be achieved with such a small particle diameter. There-
fore, various processes for producing rubber particlehaving a large particle diameter ha~e been devised and
reported.
However, hitherto kno~n processes for producing
large particle diameter rubber have manyidrawbacks.
If an impact resistant resin is produced by such a
process, there appear various further disadvantages.
Generally speaking, the processes for producing large
particle diameter rubber can be classified into two groups.
One is the process of achieving the agglomeration of
rubber particle in the course of polymerization of
rubber, and the other is the process of agglomerating a
rubber latex haYing a small particle size by an after
treatment.
The most serious defect of the type of method
in which rubber particles are agglo~erated during the
polymerizat~n step is that an extremely long polymeriza-
tion time is required to complete the polymerization.
For instance, in order to obtain a rubber latex containing
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mately 0.3 ~, it is necessary -to continue the polymeriza-
tion reaction for 48 to 100 hours. Further, it is almost
impossible to produce a rubber having a particle diameter
larger than 0.4 ~l by this process, and production of
large particle diameter rubber by this process is usually
accompanied by formation of a large amount of undesirable
coagulum. Further, if such a rubber is used for produc-
tion of final resin, the formation of large amount of
coagulum takes place also in ~he course of graft poly-
meri~ation. On the other hand, if a rubber latex having
a small particle diameter is after-treated to agglo-
merate the particles, the period of polymerization can be
shortened to a great extent. As such process, agglo-
meration by the use of acid, agglomeration by the useof salt, ammonia soap method, freezing method, solvent
treatment, high pressure treatment, pol~ner colloid
addition method, etc. are known. The most important
disadvantage in the production of large particle diameter
rubber and impact resistant resin by these processes
consists in that special apparatus, assistants and
reagents for the agglomeration of rubber particle must
be used. If an impact resistant resin is produced from
monomer and via rubber continuously and with economical
advantage by such a process, a number of difficulties
will be encountered. Although no particular apparatus
is necessary for agglomerating rubber particles by the
addition of an acid or a salt, such an agglomeration
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1 process i~ grounded on a partial destruction of the latex
emulsion and therefore concentration of the aqueous
solution of acid or salt, addition velocity of acid or
salt and speed of stirring excercise great influence
upon the agglomeration behavior of particles. Usually,
the formation of excessively large particles (coagulum)
cannot be prevented, and it is impossible to produce
a rubber having a particle size of 0.3 ~ or more without
formation of coagulum, even though rubbers having a
particle size of about 0.2 ~ can be produced by such
processes with relative ease. Further, the addition of
the aqueous solution of acid or salt causes lowering of
the solid concentration of late~ which brings about a
decrease in productivity.
Previously, the present inventors discovered
a very excelle.nt process for agglomerating rubber par~icles,
and proposed a resin composition obtainable by a continuous
graft polymerization using this agglomeration process
(US Patent 3,944,630). According to the process, the aimed
composition having an excellent impact resistance could
be obtained without drawbacks of the prior known processes
and in a very short period of time (10 20 hours from
the stage of polymerization of rubber monomer to the
completion of graft polymerization).
The present invention is an improvement of the
above-mentioned patent application, and its object
consists in providing a novel excellent impact resistant
resin composition economically with an industrial
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1 advantage.
Thus, the essential feature of this invention
consists in a process for producing an impact resistant
graft polymer characterized by first emulsion polymerizing a
5-90% (by weight) portion of monomer group (b) consisting
of 3-30% by weight of at least one ~ unsaturated
carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of
acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid and
crotonic acid, 97-35~ by weight of at least one alkyl
acrylate having Cl-C12 alkyl group and 0-48~ by weight
of other copolymerizable monomers (said 5-90% (by weight)
portion of monomer group (b) does not contain said ~
unsaturated carboxylic acid), followed by consecutively
emulsion polymerizing the residual 95-10~ (by weight)
portion of monomer group (b) (said residual 95-10
(by weight) portion of monomer group (b) contains
said a,~-unsaturated carboxylic acid) to
obtain an acid xesidue-containing copolymer (B) latex
having an average particle diameter of 0.05-0.2 ~,
adding 0.1-5 parts by weight (as weight of solid component)
of said acid residue-containing copolymer (B) latex to
100 parts by weight (as weight of solid component) of
synthetic rubber (A) latex which has been adjusted to
pH 7 or higher to obtain an agglomerated ruhber (C) latex
having a particle diameter of at least 0.2 ~, and then emulsion
polymerizing 93-30 parts by weight of grafting monomer
(d) consisting of 30% by weight or more of at least one
monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene,
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1 acrylonitrile and methyl methacryiate and 7~ by weight
or less of a monomer having CH? = C < copolymerizable
therewith in the presence of 7-70 parts by weigh-t (as
weight of solid component) of said agglomerated rubber
(C) latex~
The production process of this invention will
be mentioned below in more detail.
Examples of said rubber component (A) include
polybutadiene; copolymers comprising 50~ by weight or
more o~ 1,3-butadiene unit such as butadiene-monoethyleni-
cally unsaturated aromatic monomer copolymers (for example,
butadiene-styrene copolymer, butadiene-vinyltoluene
copolymer and butadiene-~-methylstyrene copolymer),
butadiene-unsaturated nitrile monomer copolymers (for
e~ample, butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer and butadiene-
methacrylonitrile copolymer), butadiene-acrylate copoly-
mers (for example, butadiene-methyl acrylate copolymer and
butadiene-n-butyl acrylate copolymer) and butadiene-
methacrylate copolymers (for example, butadiene-methyl
methacrylate copolymer and butadiene-ethyl methacrylate
copolymer); terpolymers and multi-polymers comprising
50~ by weic3ht or more of butadiene unit; polychloro-
prene and polychloroprene copolymers; homopolymers and
copolymers comprising 50~ by weight or more of alkyl
acrylate unit havinc~ Cl-C12 al~yl group; and so on.
They can easily be obtained by the usual emulslon polyme-
ri~ation proce~s. Catalyst and emulsifier used in the
polymerization are not particularly limited, and the
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the range of 0.04 - 0.15 ~. Synthetic rubbers of which
average particle diameter is in the range of 0O15 - 0.2
are also usable for producing the aimed resin by the
application of this invention. Usually, however, prod~ction
of synthetic rubbers having a particle diameter of 0.15 -
0.2 ~ takes a considerably long period of time, which is
uneconomical.
Next, the copolymer (B) latex comprising acrylic
acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid or crotonic acid is
used for the purpose of agglomerating the synthetic rubber
latex. It is an indispensable condition of this invention
that this acid residue-containing copolymer (B) has a
form of latex. It is another indispensable condition of
this invention that this acid residue-containing copolymer
(B) comprises an a, ~-unsaturated carboxylic acid and an
alkyl acrylate. If other monomers such as alkyl meth-
acrylate, styrene, acrylonitrile or the like are used in
place of the alkyi acrylate, no effect can be exhibited at
all. However, it is possible to replace one halr or less
the amount of said alkyl acrylate with other vinyl monomers.
Said a, ~-unsaturated carboxylic acid is used in
an amount of 3-30% by weight. If its amount is less than
3% by weight, the agglomerating ability is small. If amount
exceeds 30~ by weight, the agglomerating ability is too
strong and is undesirable because such very strong ability
causes the formation of excessively large particles having
a diameter greater than 1 ~.
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1 The optimum content of said ~ unsaturated
carboxylic acid varies depending upon the hydrophilic
character of the alkyl acrylate used in this invention.
When the alkyl acrylate has a high hydrophilic character~
the agglomerating effect appears in the region that the
amount of ~,3-unsaturated carboxylic acid is small, while
an increasing amount of ~,~-unsaturated carboxylic acid
causes destruction of latex which is undesirable. On the
contrary, when hydrophilic character of the alkyl
acrylate is low, the agglomerating effect is small in the
region that the amount of ~ unsaturated carboxylic acid
is small, and the effect can be exhibited only after the
amount of the ~,~-unsaturated carboxylic acid has exceeded
a certain value. For example, in the cases of methyl
acrylate and ethyl acrylate which have a high hydrophilic
character, the optimum amount of ~ unsaturated carboxylic
acid is 5-10~, while in the cases of hydrophobic alkyl
acrylates having C4 or higher alkyl such as butyl
acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, the optimum amount of
a,~-unsaturated carboxylic acid is 13-20%. Additionally,
the use of highly hydrophilic acrylates has a drawback
that their use tends to make the system unstable and
therefore tends to form macro-agglomerates (coagulum)
even if the amount of ~ unsaturated carboxylic acid
is in th~ range of 5-10%, whereas the use of the above-
mentioned hydrophobic acrylates does not make the system
unstable so that uniformly agglomerated particles can be
obtained by their use in many cases.
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1 As ~ unsaturated carboxylic acid or s1milar
monomer, cinnamic acid, maleic acid anhydride, butene-
trlcarboxylic acid and the l.ike can also be referred to
in addition to above. However, they are not practical
because the agglomerating abllity is not great when they
are used.
It is necessary that the acid residue-containing
copolymer (B) latex used in this invention is a latex
having a double layer structure which can be obtained by
first polymerizing a 5-90% ~by weight) portion of monomer
group (b~ consisting of 3-30~ by weight of at least
one a,~-unsaturated carboxylic acid selected from the
group consisting of acrylic acid, methacxylic acid,
itaconic acid and crotonic acid, 97-35~ by weight of at
least one alkyl acrylate having Cl-C12 alkyl and 0-48~
by weight of other copolymerizable monomers (said 5-90%
(by weight) portlon of monomer group (b) does not
contain said ~,~-unsaturated carboxylic acid) and
consecutively polymerizing the residual 95-10% (by weight)
portion of monomer group (bl (said residual 95-10% (by
weight) portion contains said ~ unsa-turated carboxylic
acid) without forming any new parti.cles. As sald "other
copolymerizable monomers", there can be referred to un-
saturated aromatic compounds such as styrene, ~-methyl-
styrene and vinyltoluene; unsaturated nitrile compounds suchas acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile; and alkyl meth-
acrylates having Cl~C12 alkyl group.
~ mong the monomer groups satisEying the a~ove-
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of n-butyl acrylate and l0-20% by weight of methacrylic
acid are particularly preferable.
As the emulsifier used in the production of
acid residue-containing copolymer, anionic surfactants are
particularly preferable, though nonionic surfactants can
also be used.
The particle diameter of acid residue-
containing copolymer latex exercises a great influence
on the agglomerating ability. Particularly preferable
particle diameter is 0.05 ~ to 0.2 ~.
The acid residue containing copolymer in the form
of a latex is added to the synthetic rubber ~A) latex.
If an inorganic electrolyte is simultaneously added with
it, the particle diameter of synthetic rubber (Al can be
agglomerated quite effectively and stably.
The amount of the added acid residue-containing
copolymer latex is 0.1-5 parts by weight ~as weight of
solid component) and particularly preferably 0.5-3 parts
by weight per lO0 parts by weight (as weight of solid
component) of synthetic rubber (A).
As for the amount of the added inorganic electro-
lyte, an amount of 0.05-4.0 parts by weight and particular-
ly preferably 0.1-l.0 part by weight per 100 parts by
weight (as weight of solid component) of synthetic rubber
(A) is enough for the purpose. By adding such A S~ ight
quantity of inorganic electrolyte, the agglomeration
of synthetic rubber (A) can be made to progress effectively.
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1 As said inorganic electrolyte, neutral inorganic
salt such as KCl, NaC1, Na2SO4 and the like are preferably
usable.
It is also possible to add said inorganic
electrolyte beforehand at the time of preparing the
synthetic rubber IA) latex by polymerization, by which
there can be exhibited an effect equal to the effect
achievable by adding it at the time of agglomeration.
In practising the agglomerating treatment of
this invention, it isnecessary to keep the pH value of
synthetic rubber (A) latex at a value not smaller than 7,
and particularly in the range of 7-13. If the pH is in
the acidic region, the efficiency of agglomeration
is low even if acid residue-containing copolymer (B)
latex is added, so that the composition constituting the
object of this invention cannot be produced advantageously.
Adjustment of pH value of synthetic rubber (A)
latex to 7 or higher may be carried out in the course of
polymerizing synthetic rubber or may be carried out before
the agglomerating treatment.
Then, 93-30 parts by weight of grafting
monomer consisting mainly of styrene, acrylonitrile or
methyl methacrylate is polymerized in the presence of 7-70
parts by weight of the agglomerated rubber (C) latex which
has been subjected to agglomerating treatment in the
above-mentioned manner, whereby the intended impact
resistant resin can be obtained. The monomer to be grafted
to agglomerated rubber (C) latex is a grafting monomer
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1 consistiny of 30% by weight or more of at least one
monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene,
acrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate and ~0~ by weight
or less of a monomer having C~2=C~ copolymerizable there~
with. Concretely, styrene alone, acrylonitrile alone or
methyl methacrylate alone may be used for this puxpose,
and concrete examples of the copolymerizable monomer having
CH2YC~ include unsaturated aromatic compou~ds ~uch as styrene
~-methylstyrene, vinyltoluene and the like; unsatu~ated nitrile
compound5 such as acrylonitrile and meth-
acrylonitrile; alkyl methacrylates having Cl-C12 alkyl
group; and alkyl acrylates having Cl-C12 alkyl group.
As grafting monomer (d) a mixture consisting of
these monomers, styrene-acrylonitrile monomer mixture,
styrene-acrylic: ester monomer mixture, methylmethacry-
late-acrylonitrile monomer mixture, methyl methacrylate-
acrylic ester monomer mixture, acrylonitrile-acrylic
es~er monomer mixture and the like can be referred to.
Monomex mixtures prepared by mixing three or more of these
monomers can also be used. Among them, a monomer mlxture
consisting of 85-60% by weight of styrene and 15-40~
by weight of acrylonitrile is particularly preferable,
beside which a monomer mixture consisting of 40-65~
by weight of styrene, 10-60% by weight of methyl meth-
acrylate and 0-30% by weight of acrylonitrile, a monomer
mixture consisting of 40-70~ by weight of styrene, 5-40%
by weight of methyl methacxylate and 5-40% by weight of
acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate alone or a monomer
mixture comprising 60~ by weight or more of methyl
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1 methacrylate, acrylonitrile alone or a monomer mi~ture
comprising 60% by weight or more of acrylonitrile, and
the like can also be used preferabLy. In this emulsion
graft polymerization, known emulsifier and catalyst are
usually employed, and their kinds and amounts are
not particularly limited.
If the content of the agglomerated rubber in
the impact resistant graft polymer of this invention is
less than 7% by weight, the graft polymer is low in impact
resistance so that it has no practical value. If the
content of agglomerated rubber is larger than 70% by weight,
the impact resistant graft polymer is poor in flow property
and processability, which is undesirable.
If a resin containing no rubber is blended into
said graft polymer, a resin composition having a high
impact resistance can be obtained. In this case, the
content of agglomerated rubber in the base graft polymer
may be out of the above-mentioned range of 7~70~ by weight.
However, in the final resin composition, the content of
agglomerated rubber is preferably in the
range of 3-40~ by weight. ~s the resin
containing no rubber usable in this case,
polystyrene, polymethyl rnethacrylate, AS resin, polyvinyl
chloride, polycarbonate and the like can be referred to.
In the present invention, polystyrene includes a homopoly-
mer or copolymers comprising 50~ by weight or more of
styrene unit; polymethyl methacrylate inc]udes a homopolymer
or copolymers comprising 50% by weight or more of methyl
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1 methacrylate unit, polyvinyl chloride includes a homo-
polymer or copolymers com2rising 50% by weight or more of
vinyl chloride unit; polycarbonate includes a homopolymer
or copolymers comprising 50% by weight or more of
carbonate unit.
When the grafting monomer is graft-polymerized
with agglomerated rubber, the grafting monomer may be
added at once, or it may also be added in portions or
continuously. It lS also allowable to graft-polymerize
each cf the monomers stepwise.
Into the graft polymer or resin composition thus
ob-tained, known antioxidant, lubricant, colorant, filler
and the like may be incorporated.
As compared with hitherto known thermoplastic
resin compositions, the impact resistant graft polymer of
this invention has the following advantages:
1. The steps from the polymerization of rub~er to
the polymerlzat:ion of final graft polymer can be practised
in a one-through and continuous manner.
2. It does not necessitate use of any special
apparatus.
3. The polymerization of rubher can be practised
in a short period of time, so that productivity is
markedly high.
4 The agglomerating treatment oE rubber does not
necessitate to use of any special dispersant or
emulsifier, so that the process is economical and the
final graft polymer has a good thermal stability.
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1 5. The formation of macro-agglomerates (coagulum)
is very slight in the agglomerating treatment and graft
polymerization of rubber.
6. Rubber having a large particle diameter (0.4 -
1 ~), difflcult to obtain by usually known agglomerationprocess, can be obtained easily, so that a graft polymer
having a very high lmpact strength can be obtained.
In the following examples, all "parts" and
"%" mean "parts by weight" and il% by weight", respectively.
Example 1 and Comparative Example 1
Synthesis of Synthetic Rubber
(A-l)
1,3-Butadiene 66 parts
Butyl acrylate 9 parts
Styrene 25 parts
Potassium oleate1.0 part
Potassium rosinate1.0 part
Diisopropylbenzene hydroperoxide 0.2 part
Ferrous sulfate 0.005 part
Sodium pyrophosphate 0.5 part
Dextrose 0.3 part
Water 200 parts
Using a mixture having the above-mentioned
composition, polymerization was carried out at 50C in
a 100 liter autoclave. The polymerization was nearly
completed in 9 hours, and there was obtained a rubber latex
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9.0 at a conversion rate of 97~.
Synthesis of Acid Residue-Containing Copolymer Latex
for Agglomeration
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n-Butyl acrylate 25 parts
Potassium oleate 2 parts
Sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate 1 part
Cumene hydroperoxide 0.1 part
Sodium formaldehyde-sulfoxylate 0.3 part
Water 200 parts
A mixture having the above-mentioned composition
was pol~merized at 70C for 1.5 hours. Then, into the
reaction mixture a~ 70C was dropped a mixture having the
following composition:
n-Butyl acrylate 60 parts
Methacrylic acid 15 parts
Cumene hydroperoxide 0.3 part
over a time period of 1 hour. Then, the mixture was
stirred for an additional 1 hour to obtain a copolymer
latex having an average particle diameter of 0.08 ~ at a
conversion rate of 98%.
While stirring lC0 parts (as weight of solid
component) of rubber latex (A-l)in a vessel, a varied
amount of latex (~-1) was added thereto at room temperature.
After stirring the latex mixture for 30 minutes,
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1 it was immediately sampled out. On the other hand, the
latex mixture was allowed to stand for 5 days and then
sampled out. After treating the samples with osmium tetra-
tetraoxide, their particle diameters were measured by
means of an electron microscope.
Further, stability of the agglomerated latex
was also evaluated after standing for 1 month,
For comparison, a mixture having the following
composition:
10 (B-2)
n-Butyl acrylate 85 parts
Methacrylic acid 15 parts
Potassium oleate 2 parts
Sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate 1 part
Cumene hydroperoxide 0.4 part
Sosium formaldehyde-sulfoxylate 0.3 part
Water 200 parts
was polymerized in one step to obtain latex (B-2) having
an average particle diameter of 3.08 ~, and it was also
similarly evaluated.
These results are shown ln Table 1.
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l I-t is apparent from Table l that, as compared with
a product prepared by merely copolymerizing acrylate and
methacrylic acid, a product of which methacrylic acid
content ln the surface layer part has been enhanced by
2-step polymeri.zation shows a higher agglomerating effect
and can give an agglomerated latPx much more improved in
stability.
Example 2 and Comparative Example 2
To lO0 parts (as weight of solid component) of
synthetic rubber latex (A-l) was added 1.5 parts (as
weight of solid component) of latex (B-l) with stirring
in 5 seconds.
Then, by using the above-mentioned agglomerated
latex which had been stirred for 30 minutes, a graft
polymerization was immediately carried out according to
the following xecipe to synthesize a graft polymer.
Synthesis of Graft Polymer
Agglomerated rubber
(as weight of solid component) 60 parts
Styrene 21 parts
Methyl methacrylate l9 parts
Cumene hydroperoxide 0.16 part
Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate 0.1 part
Potassium oleate l.0 part
Water 200 parts
(Conditions of polymerization: 70C, 4 hours
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1 To the resulting polymer la-tex were added 2 parts
of butylated hydroxytoluene and 0.5 part of dilauryl thio-
propionate as antioxidant, after which it was coagulated
with 5~ aqueous solution of sulfuric acid, washed and
dried to obtain a white powder.
To 10 parts of this powder resin (G-l~ were added
1.00 part of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) having a degree of
polymeriæation of 700, 3.0 parts of dibutyltin maLeate,
1.0 part of butyl stearate, 0.3 par-t of stearyl alcohol
and 0~2 part of Hoechst wax OP. The resulting mixture was
homogenized by means of mixing roll kept at 165C and
then press-molded at 180C under a pressure of lS0 kg/cm2
for 15 minutes. Charpy impact strength of the molded
product was measured to obtain the results shown in Table 2.
For comparison, latex ~B-2) was similarly proces-
sed and the produck was similarly evaluated.
Table 2
~ Example 2 Comparat ve
Impact strength of PVC
blend* 49.0 32.4
(kg cm/cm2) _ _ _ _ _
* Impact strength: Charpy impact strength
It is apparent from Table 2 that a higher impact
strength of graft polymer-PVC blend can be manifested by
forming the agglomerating agent into a structure of double
layer.
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1 Example 3
As the acid residue-containing copolymer latex
for agglomera-tion, a copolymer latex (B-3) having an
average particle diameter of 0.08 ~ of which f~rst layer
(inner layer) was constituted o 20 parts of butyl
acrylate and 5 parts of methyl methacrylate and of which
second layer (outer layer) was constituted of 62.5 parts
of butyl acr~late and 12.5 par-ts of methacrylic acid was
synthetized according to a recipe similar to that of
(B-l) in Example 1, and its agglomerating effects on various
synthetic rubbers were examlned to obtain the results
shown in Table 3.
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1 Example 4
As the acid residue-containing copolymer la-tex for
agglomeration, a copolymer latex (B-4) having an average
particle diameter of 0.08 u of which first layer ~inner
layer) was constituted of 20 parts of butyl acrylate and
5 parts of methyl methacrylate and of which second layer
(outer layer) was constituted of 60 parts of butyl
acrylate and 15 parts of methacrylic acid was synthe-
sized according to a recipe similar to that of (B-l) in
Example 1.
Various synthetic rubbers were agglomerated with
this latex (B-4), and the monomers shown in Table 4 were
graft-polymerized in the presence of 20 parts of one of these
agglomerated rubbers. Impact strengths of the resulting
graft polymers were as shown in Table 4.
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1 Exampl~ 5 and Comparative Example 3
Preparation of Acrylic Rubher (A~2~ Latex
Deionized water 200 parts
Potassium oleate 5.0 parts
Methyl methacrylate 4 parts
Styrene 12 parts
Acrylonitrile 12 parts
n-Butyl acrylate 72 parts
Triallyl isocyanurate 0.5 part
Potassium persulfate 0.6 part
A mixture having the above-mentioned compositlon
was polymerized at 70C over a period of 4 hours. The
rate of polymerization was 36~u The elastomer latex
thus obtained had an average particle diameter of
0.09 ~ and a p~ value of 9.1.
While stirring 100 parts (as weight of solid
component~ of latex (A-2) in a vessel, 20 parts (as
weight of solid component) of latex (B-l) was added at
room temperature. After stirring the latex mixture for
30 minutes, it was immediately sampled out. Further,
after allowing it to stand for 5 days, i-t was again
sampled out. Average particle diameters of the samples
were measured to obtain the results shown in Table 5.
Synthe~is of Graft Polyrner (G-l~
Using the above-mentioned agglomerated latex which
had been stirred for 30 minutes, a graft polymexization was
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following recipe to synthesize a graft polymer.
Agglomerated rubber
(as weight of solid component) 60 parts
Methyl methacxylate 8 parts
Acrylonitrile 8 parts
Styrene 24 parts
n-Octylmercaptan 0.04 part
Potassium persulfate 0.2 part
Potassium oleate 1.0 part
Evaluation of Properties
Fifty parts of the graft polymer obtained above
was blended with 50 parts of suspension particles which
had been prepared elsewhere from a monomer mixture
(MMA/AN/St = 20/20/60~ by weight), so that content of
acrylic rubber in the total resin composition came to 30%.
Further 1 part of barium stearate and 0.1 2art of
Tinuvin P~trade name of ultraviolet absorber manufactured
by Ciba Geigy) were added to this resin composition,
and the resulting mixture was pelletized by means of an
extruder. From the pellets, various test pieces were
prepared by injection molding, with which various
properties were measured to obtain the results shown in
Table 5. In Table 5, notched Izod strength was measured
according to ASTM-D-256; melt index (MI) was estimated
by measuring gram number of the polymer flowing out
at 200C in a period of 10 minutes under a load of 5 kg;
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having a thickness of 1~8 inch and measuring its specular
gloss at incidence and reflection angles of 60 according
to ASTM-D 523-62 T. As comparative example, various test
pieces were prepared by repeating the above-mentioned
procedure except that (B-l) latex was replaced by (B-2)
latex, and properties were evaluated with these test
pieces. The results are also sho~n in Table 5.
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1 Example 6 and Comparative Examples 4-6
An acrylic ester copolymer rubber (A-3) latex
was synthesized according to the following recipe:
n-Butyl acrylate 95 parts
Styrene 5 parts
Tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate 0.7 part
n-Lauryl sodium sarcosinate 2 parts
Potassium persulfate 0.6 part
Water 200 parts
Thus, a mixture having the above-mentioned
composition was polymerized at 70C. After 5 hours, there
was obtained a latex having a particle diameter of 0.07
and a pH value of 7.2.
To 100 parts (as weight of solid component) of
this (A-3) rubber latex was added 2.0 parts (as weight of
solid component:) of (B-l) latex at room temperature to
obtain an agglomerated rubber latex. After stirring
the agglomerated rubber latex for 30 minutes, a graft
polymerization was immediately carried out at 80C for
4 hours according to the following recipe to obtain a
graft polymer.
Agglomerated rubber
[as weight of solid component) 55 parts
Acrylonitrile 11.25 parts
Styrene 33.75 parts
n-Octylmercaptan 0.04 part
Disproportionated rosin acid soap 1.0 part
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1 Potassium oleate 1.O part
Cumene hydroperoxide 0.15 part
Sodium formaldehyde-sulfoxylate 0.15 part
The graft polymer thus obtained was blended with
AS resin, polycarbonate or polymethyl methacrylate in the
proportion shown in Table 6 to obtain a resin composi.tion,
and the latter was formed into a plate. Notched impact
strength of the plate was measured to obtain the results
shown in Table 6. As comparative examples, the above-
mentioned procedures and evaluation were repeated, exceptthat (B-l~ latex was replaced by (B-2) latex. The results
are also shown ln Table 6.
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